This largely 17th century mansion above the south bank of the River Severn below Broseley, incorporates part of a 16th century timber-framed house, and is one of a number of such dwellings established during historic industrial expansion in the Ironbridge area. Ironmaster William Reynolds lived there from 1800 until his death in 1803.In about 1860 it was divided into two, and then three in the later 20th century.